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H.R. 3931 (109th)

Downed Animal Protection Act

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Introduced

28 September 2005

Last action

6 October 2005 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.

Sponsors

Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19], Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14], Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4], Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32], Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23], Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6], Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12], Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1], Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3], Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13], Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1], Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5], Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1], Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2], Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]

Subjects

Agriculture

Source updated

15 August 2025

Agriculture

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Summary

Downed Animal Protection Act - States that it is U.S. policy that all nonambulatory livestock in interstate and foreign commerce be immediately and humanely euthanized when such livestock become nonambulatory. Amends the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate regulations providing for the humane treatment, handling, and disposition of nonambulatory livestock by a covered entity, including a requirement that nonambulatory livestock be humanely euthanized. Requires an entity to: (1) humanely euthanize nonambulatory livestock (while not limiting the Secretary's ability to test nonambulatory livestock for disease, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy); and (2) not move nonambulatory livestock while such livestock is conscious, and ensure that such livestock remains unconscious until death. Prohibits an inspector at an establishment covered by the Federal Meat Inspection Act to pass nonambulatory livestock, carcass, or carcass parts through inspection. Requires an inspector or other employee at such establishment to label such material as "inspected and condemned." Defines "covered entity," "nonambulatory livestock," and "humanely euthanize."

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Timeline

  1. 28 September 2005

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 28 September 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 28 September 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 6 October 2005

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.

    Source: Committee

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